Freelance Video Producer – Sports Coverage; REMOTE at Union

Position Details

Title:

Freelance Video Producer – Sports Coverage

Employment Type:

Freelancer

Compensation: $3,000 for the full project (10-15 minute video)

More Perfect Union is an advocacy, journalism and education organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economic news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, MPU’s coverage has garnered 1 billion video views and 4 million followers and subscribers.

MPU is expanding our coverage of sports stories reported through an economic justice lens. Topics of interest include the monopoly power of sports governing bodies, efforts to organize player unions, the wealth and power of team owners, and anything else that sits at the nexus of sports and corporate greed. We are looking for freelance video producers to create long‑form videos (10-15 minutes) on these topics for our You Tube channel and other social media platforms.

• The NFL Is Choosing Concerts Over Player Safety. It’s Ending Careers.
• The Billionaire Family Ruining NASCAR | Ft. John Russell
• Can Sports Betting Be Fun Again?
• Why Saudi Arabia wants all the sports
• Architect Reveals How NFL Stadiums Are Engineered to Maximize Profit | WSJ Pro Perfected

Ideal candidates will lead video projects from pitch to publish, overseeing all aspects of production, taking direction from senior MPU staff and working closely with other team members. Producers will be responsible for pitching and executing ideas related to sports that live within MPU’s mission of elevating working class issues and explaining complicated political and economic ideas to a broad audience through accessible You Tube formats.

This role demands a deep knowledge of sports, a passion for telling those stories through video, and the technical and narrative skills to create powerful stories that hook viewers and keep them watching to the end. The position requires a high level of self‑sufficiency, strong collaboration and communication skills, and a desire to help develop and grow our brand.

• Pitch ideas for new videos that fit within MPU’s brand and mission.
• Develop, script, and produce enterprise videos, primarily for You Tube.
• Sourcing original reporting and thorough research for scripts.
• Cast interviewees, experts and on‑camera talent for pieces.
• Direct on‑camera talent.
• Occasionally host videos as needed.

• Proficiency and understanding of all aspects of video production.
• Experience working on video explainers about sports, and the business of sports preferred.
• Strong reporting background, with work experience in journalism or digital media.
• Bonus for on‑camera hosting experience.
• Field production experience – setting up shoots, finding interviewees, working with videographers.

At MPU we strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age, physical or mental disability, post‑secondary educational status, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities to apply.